In Tula approved the subject of protection of the grave of the Hero of the Soviet Union Shamray

On September 22, the Tula Region Inspectorate for State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites issued an order that officially approved the object of protection of the cultural heritage object of regional significance - the grave of the Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Captain Mikhail Semyonovich Shamray at the All-Svyatsky Cemetery of Tula.

The developer of scientific and project documentation was the Tula Center for the Protection and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments.

The approval of the subject of protection is a legal step that fixes what characteristics of the monument can not be changed without approval. This means that any landscaping, restoration or repair work at the burial site must now take into account the approved parameters.

Mikhail Shamray is the commander of the 143rd Guards Rifle Regiment of the 48th Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Tank Army of the Western Front. He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 11, 1940 for military merits during the Soviet-Finnish war.

In the autumn of 1942, in the battles in the Tula region, Shamray was seriously wounded. On November 12, he was taken to the field mobile hospital No. 680, stationed in the village of Maloye Skuratovo, Chernsky district, where he underwent a surgical operation. Three days later, on November 15, 1942, the captain died. On November 16, the body of the hero with military honors was betrayed to the ground at the All-Svyatsky cemetery in Tula.